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5 days ago · St. John of the Cross was born in 1542 in Fontiveros, Spain. The son of a poor but noble family, he was raised in an orphanage. Recognized for his joyful spirit, he was sent to a Jesuit College.
1 day ago · The movement was later joined by the younger Carmelite friar and mystic Saint John of the Cross, with whom she established the Discalced Carmelites. A formal papal decree adopting the split from the old order was issued in 1580. [web 3]
2 days ago · For John, Jesus's town of origin is irrelevant, for he comes from beyond this world, from God the Father. While John makes no direct mention of Jesus's baptism, he does quote John the Baptist's description of the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove, as happens at Jesus's baptism in the Synoptics.
3 days ago · The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (French: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
4 days ago · St. Joan of Arc was a Catholic with extreme personal piety. She believed she was guided by the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine of Alexandria, and St. Margaret of Antioch in her mission to aid the dauphin Charles (later Charles VII) and expel the English from the Valois kingdom of France.
4 days ago · St. John, the son of Zebedee and brother of St. James the Great, was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He became the “beloved disciple” and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion.
3 days ago · Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ’ latest Wild God track is here. “ Long Dark Night ” is inspired by the poem “Dark Night of the Soul” by the 16th-century Spanish poet St. John of the Cross ...
